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3630Napoleonic Campaign Maps

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thistlebarrow

12 Aug

My
summer project is to make new maps for my 1813 Napoleonic campaign.At present I use homemade maps of Germany and
Spain.I use an AA Road Atlas as the
template for the maps, but have found that the information shown is too modern
and does not have sufficient terrain information.

My
plan is to create a new set of maps, again using the Road Atlas as my main
reference.But this time I will start
with a map of Europe.Then one of
Germany, France, Spain and Italy.Finally I will make new maps for each of the five campaign areas, three
in Germany and two in Spain.

All
of the maps will interface, though they will be in different scales.I will not make the mistake of trying to use
actual terrain and road systems.The
towns and cities will be more or less correct.The borders will be approximate.The major road system will be between capital cities, with a secondary
system between them and main cities and towns.Major rivers will be approximate, but all other terrain fictional.

This
week’s entry on my Napoleonic Wargaming blog explains the background to the
project and in particular the map of Europe.It also includes the completed map.